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Informational text Common Core RL.8.3 resources
The Diary of Anne Frank DRAMA Unit for Play Version (Goodrich & Hackett)
This is an extremely thorough, full 3-week (14 days!) unit for the short story/drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or drama genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: November Selection – Click here to
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7th - 9th
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Informational Text/Non-Fiction: ELA Escape: ELA Test Prep: Middle /High School
⭐ Who says ELA test prep needs to be boring? Teen students are invited to compete using clues that practice using text features to find vocabulary, reading an infographic, using text evidence, text structure, and comprehension. ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Non-Fiction Digital Escape engages students with four news articles about famous art heists and is great for STAAR prep and any test prep. ⭐ All tasks are skills-based so that when the escape is complete your students will come away with a stro
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 8th Grade)
8th Grade Short Stories & Common Core Aligned Units for the 8th Grade Short Story of the Month ClubGrab this collection of popular short story units tailored for Grade 8! I am creating these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 8, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.This listing is for the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8. Although this was previously a growing bundle, it i
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7th - 9th
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State Test Prep Reading Passages Worksheets Main Idea, Supporting Details | Fast
These reading comprehension passages are great whether you are introducing a new skill or reviewing! This resource includes three reading comprehension passages per standard to help students answer questions that focus on a different skill. There is a brief overview of the skill and three passages that include multiple choice questions. The first passage is very short and is great for review. The second passage is longer and is good for practice. The third passage is one page long and is great t
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Get ALL the middle school reading comprehension review activities you need in one bundle! Practice inference, cause and effect, roots and affixes, context clues, story elements, figurative language, connotation, text structure, text features, compare and contrast, and fact and opinion with this complete reading skills test prep pack! This bundle includes 11 resources covering the following skills:InferenceStory ElementsCause and EffectRoots and AffixesContext CluesFigurative LanguageConnotationT
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6th - 8th
Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe short story non-fiction multimedia PDF & Google
Use “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the gothic short story’s text, and provide opportunities for real-world connections to this grisly story via a high-interest informational text/article about a criminal’s successful use of the “not guilty by reason of insanity” defense. This two-day lesson includes step-by-step suggestion procedures (great to leave for a sub), a full-text copy of the public domain
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6th - 9th
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One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
So you want your students to analyze literature and informational texts, but you don't want to grade yet ANOTHER stack of essays. Why not take a creative approach with this one pager bundle? Students will be able to dig deep into literary analysis of both fiction and nonfiction texts, and they will be challenged to fit all of their thinking on one blank piece of paper: the one pager.TWO resources are included in this bundle:1. Literature One Pager: Use this resource to have students analyze any
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7th - 10th
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, 2-week (10 days!) unit for the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: May Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:I
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8th - 10th
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ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Your ENTIRE ELA year is completely planned, prepped, sequenced, CCSS aligned, and ready to go! This curriculum is uniquely focused around the 4 major writing requirements with correlated reading materials: Argumentative | Informational | Literary Analysis / Narrative | Research. Each unit comprises a combination of high-interest digital and printable resources to maximize engagement and reduce repetition. NO PREP! NO PLANNING! 30% OFF!❤️ FREE! DOWNLOAD THE SCOPE/SEQUENCE, MAPS, AND LESSON PLAN
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6th - 8th
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (10 days!) unit for the short story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: January Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the M
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7th - 9th
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Compare & Contrast Non Fiction Passages Test Prep Florida BEST Standards ELA
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students improve their reading comprehension?The Fiction and Non-Fiction Paired Passages will help your students master standardized test questions. Question Types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and Table MatchThese align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common standardized testing questions students might see on the F.A.S.T. test. The questions were designed to help your students feel be
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6th - 9th
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The Feather Pillow Horacio Quiroga, Lit. Analysis + Non-Fiction PDF & Google App
Introduce your students to Horacio Quiroga, a master of suspense who will forever change the way they look at their pillows and mattresses with his famous story of everyday horror, “The Feather Pillow.”This 9-page PDF (with Google Drive version of all student handouts) includes:• Suggested lesson procedure page• Full text of “The Feather Pillow,” a wonderfully creepy public domain short story by Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga. (English translation)• Handout of questions/discussion starters for
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8th - 11th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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Maui: A Polynesian Mythology Unit for Middle School
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) mythology unit. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying mythology and folklore in general. Students will analyze two myths centered around Maui of Polynesian folklore. Complete texts for these myths are included with this resource.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: March Selection – Click here to read more abo
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7th - 9th
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STAAR Reading Comprehension Passages Fun ELA Activities Middle School Games 6th
Designed for 6th 7th & 8th graders, these PowerPoint and Google Slides games make test prep fun and effective. Covering key topics like Inference, Main Idea, Theme, and more, they're the perfect way to reinforce reading skills while tackling end-of-year testing questions.✅ What's Included:Exciting Content: Engage students with excerpts from fiction stories, informational texts, and poems.Variety of Question Types: Multiple-Choice, Part A/Part B, Hot Text, and Match Table Grid ensure comprehe
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6th - 8th
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poetry Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (10 days!) unit for the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying Paul Revere's Ride or narrative poetry in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: February Selection – Click here to read more about the Shor
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7th - 9th
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Farewell to Manzanar, Japanese Internment, Chapter Questions, PDF & Google Drive
Use this package of chapter-by-chapter questions as you take your class through Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s compelling true story, Farewell to Manzanar. As we work to pull more non-fiction materials into our Common Core-aligned classrooms, this autobiographical account of life in a Japanese internment camp during WWII is an important title to include. The worksheet questions (both printable PDF & interactive Google Drive versions included) were designed to pull your students into the Wakatsuk
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8th - 11th
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Bierce) Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, 2-week (9 days!) unit for the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: April Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month
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8th - 10th
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Middle School Literature Nonfiction Grammar Exit Tickets for Assessment or Quiz
Quick formative assessment of your middle ELA students' grammar and language, literature reading, and nonfiction reading standards mastery has never been easier. This bundles resource has 100 grammar and language exit tickets or quizzes, 85 literature exit tickets or quizzes, and 150+ nonfiction exit tickets or quizzes.The grammar and language exit tickets resource assesses students' mastery of concepts like sentences, clauses, figurative language, punctuation, nouns, pronouns, conjunctions, ver
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6th - 8th
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Grade 8 Daily Common Core Reading Practice Weeks 1-20 (IAR, SBAC, STAAR, MAP)
This daily Common Core practice is unique because it provides quick Common Core reading practice in just five minutes a day. Students read original literature and informational text passages that use the same writing techniques as award winning writers. The Common Core Standard is written next to each question. A weekly checklist is included that lists all of the skills that were covered during the week. This makes it much easier to track student progress. Students can review literature ski
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8th
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Reading Comprehension Fun Activity The Unfair Game BEST Standard FAST Test Prep
Need a little change of pace in your reading lessons? Help your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students practice reading comprehension and have fun at the same time with this paired informational text PowerPoint game?These Non-Fiction Paired Passages about saving animals will help your students master reading comprehension questions. Question Types: Multiple Choice, Multiselect, Multi-Part (Evidence-Based Selected Response), and Table MatchingThese align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common sta
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3rd - 6th
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Informational Text & Reading Literature with Film Clips: Grade 6-8 Lesson Bundle
Teach EVERY middle school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard for grade 6-8 using inspirational and engaging videos (Printable & Digital! 15 no prep lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, Answer Key, PowerPoint slides and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Common Core ELA Test Prep is FUN with VIDEO CLIP ACTIVITIES - plus grade 9 - 12 lessons for scaffolding, differentiation and gifted
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
7th & 8th Grade Daily Reading Warm-Ups (Common Core Aligned)
NEW - YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD THESE PRESENTATIONS IMMEDIATELY:)This item was created to help students practice reading and answering questions based on the Common Core Standard.In my classroom, I wanted to be able to have students read short passages and then answer questions in preparation for the Smarter Balanced Assessment. I also wanted them to practice the particular standard we would be working on in the classroom. This item is in PDF format, but if you email me I can share your own copy with
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7th - 8th
HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 7th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 7. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, author's purpose, character trait, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, figurative language, analyzing argument and counterclaim, central idea, summary writing, internal and external c
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6th - 8th
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